• HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    We currently produce more than enough food and clothes for every person on this planet and could easily house them all.

    The problem is that because of capitalism we can’t get what everyone needs to them because it might hurt someone’s profits.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but even if we used the resources better, we would still come to a limit, just later. Eternal population growth is nonsense.

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        1 year ago

        With proper logistics that becomes less of a problem when coupled with universal education and healthcare.

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      1 year ago

      We have also destroyed most of the wild ecosystems of the world to grow that food.

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        1 year ago

        But we can grow much more environmentally friendly foods if we choose to.

        The way we do things is not the only or even close to the best way.

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          1 year ago

          There’s still a limit. The Earth cannot support infinite humans.

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      this is the reality no one wants to admit because it points out a major flaw in the human psyche… that is, the ability to lack empathy by distance. the farther away people are, the less we care about them.

      this is obvious is every facet of our daily existence, and is provable by the lack of dense conservative centers and how easily swayed those brought physically close to those remote entities (mentally or physically) become empathetic.

      humans suck, and we are the cause of resources not going where they are needed.